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The Other Bakken Boom
In this PERC Case Study, Sierra Crane-Murdoch explores the challenges facing a tribe atop the nation’s biggest oil play. While mineral owners off the reservation have earned thousands of dollars for each acre leased, most allottees within have earned only a few hundred.
The Right to Own Property on Reservations
PERC President Terry Anderson points out that American Indians and First Nations people can reach back into their rich cultural heritage and find institutions that rewarded individual initiative. The key key is for tribes to take this initiative again and for Congress to give tribal nations the rights that were once theirs.
The Legacy of the Clean Water Act
Outreach associate, David Currie talks with Alan Girard (Chesapeake Bay Foundation) and Joan Mulhern (Earth Justice) on the Marc Steiner Show. Together they consider the legacy of the Clean Water Act on its 40th anniversary. https://www.perc.org/sites/default/files/media/MSS%20Currie%20102512.mp3
The Clean Water Act
Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. No doubt, the billions spent on the act have improved overall water quality. Yet as someone who regularly rowed on Washington, D.C.’s Potomac River during college, I know that the Clean Water Act and the EPA are still in murky water. For example, regulating stormContinue reading “The Clean Water Act”
Public Lands v. Madison Co. Commission
PUBLIC LANDS ACCESS ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner/Appellant, v. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MADISON COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA, AND C. TED COFFMAN, FRANK G. NELSON, and DAVID SCHULTZ, constituting members of said Commission; and ROBERT R. ZENKER, in his capacity as the County Attorney for Madison County, State of Montana, Respondents/Appellees. JAMES C. KENNEDY, Respondent-Intervenor/Appellee/CrossContinue reading “Public Lands v. Madison Co. Commission”
The Wealth of Indian Nations
Exploring the relation between tribes, property rights and the market
Why Are Indian Reservations so Poor?
At a time when there’s a spotlight on America’s richest 1%, a look at the country’s 310 Indian reservations—where many of America’s poorest 1% live—can be more enlightening.
An Untrustworthy Trustee
It is well past time to hand management of trust assets over to the individuals who own them.
Creating Economic Development on Indian Reservations
The lack of economic development on reservations is a major factor in creating the extreme poverty, unemployment, and the accompanying social issues that Indian nations face.